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obama's first ever twitter town hall meeting and the president calls on congress to do something big about the nation's crushing debt. this as he is taking a new personal stake in the ongoing partisan battle. >>> in just a couple of weeks, the u.s. will receive its debt limit. >> tom fitzgerald reports both sides still have major hurdles to overcome. >> reporter: in a surprise appearance tuesday afternoon at the white house, president obama said he would personally take over the negotiations on raising the debt ceiling as time begins to run out. >> we need to come together over the next two weeks to reach a deal that reduces the deficit and upholds the full faith and credit of the united states government. >> reporter: the u.s. reached its $14.3 trillion debt limit in may. the white house warns congress has it raise that ceiling by july # 2nd or the u.s. could default on its loans on august 2nd. republicans say the rush isn't necessary. >> nobody is going to have time to read it or consider the implications of it and he is going to say you have to pass it or the econo
obama's first ever twitter town hall meeting and the president calls on congress to do something big about the nation's crushing debt. this as he is taking a new personal stake in the ongoing partisan battle. >>> in just a couple of weeks, the u.s. will receive its debt limit. >> tom fitzgerald reports both sides still have major hurdles to overcome. >> reporter: in a surprise appearance tuesday afternoon at the white house, president obama said he would...
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. >>> our other big story a commission trying to find out how osama bin laden hid in pakistan for so long, investigators ordered the government to prevent his relatives leaving pakistan without per mix. they may release one of his wives back to yemen three of his wives and several children were detained after the raid two months ago. >> latest to the search for seven american tourists in mexico, survivors of the deadly fishing accident hope their friends can be found. >> it has been more than 65 hours now the mexican navy said they presume people are dead after 96 hours. the search does continue. >>> mix con navy and u.s. coast guard are searching -- mexican navy and u.s. coast guard are searching from the air. >>> if some body spots something they have camera technology they can zoom in on something they would see in the water. >> a tourist boat capsized early sunday morning off the baja california peninsula. passenger and crew were thrown into the water when the boat was tossed during a violent storm. crews from mexico and the u.s. are combing the sea. >>> we need a very close coll
. >>> our other big story a commission trying to find out how osama bin laden hid in pakistan for so long, investigators ordered the government to prevent his relatives leaving pakistan without per mix. they may release one of his wives back to yemen three of his wives and several children were detained after the raid two months ago. >> latest to the search for seven american tourists in mexico, survivors of the deadly fishing accident hope their friends can be found. >> it...
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we appreciate it. >>> back to this morning's big stories. a mother on trial for killing her 2-year-old daughter. now, the jury has its say. >> as to the charge of first degree murder, verdict as to count one, we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> you heard it. casey anthony found not guilty in the murder of her daughter killee. details on the dramatic end to the trial and we'll share some of your comments on the case coming up. x,. 0@ yml a. >>> welcome back. temperatures are nice and pleasantly warm. >> that is a good way to put it. >> you got to embrace it and say if this is what it is being i like it. >> seeing as how we don't have a choice. >> our temperatures are in the 70s this morning, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen. we'll show you what is going on out there. we'll start with ht radar before we get to temperatures. we are continuing to watch this little area. you won't say little anymore. it is growing in size to our south and west, north harrisonburg heading towards front royal. you do see some of the flashing there. th
we appreciate it. >>> back to this morning's big stories. a mother on trial for killing her 2-year-old daughter. now, the jury has its say. >> as to the charge of first degree murder, verdict as to count one, we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> you heard it. casey anthony found not guilty in the murder of her daughter killee. details on the dramatic end to the trial and we'll share some of your comments on the case coming up. x,. 0@ yml a. >>> welcome...
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this morning several metro committees are meeting to discuss big changes. >> including a decision on putting the dulles station above or below ground and talking about ideas for new rail cars and possibly changing some names. sarah simmons is live at the foggy bottom station. >> reporter: there is several on the agenda for several different committees talking about different issues. one is escalators and elevators. there is a lot of complaints from riders. where we are here, they have been working on an escalator replacement program for some time. we have seen workers here this morning. part of what they will be talking about, one of the committees, a plan to increase the on time preventative maintenance because there has been a large increase in maintenance and service calls. metro is getting feedback from rider focus groups on the design of the new 7,000 series rail cars. the first ones are set to arrive next year for the silver line to dulles airport. now, along with that, they will be talking about the naming rights of the new stops on the line. there was talk at one point of sel
this morning several metro committees are meeting to discuss big changes. >> including a decision on putting the dulles station above or below ground and talking about ideas for new rail cars and possibly changing some names. sarah simmons is live at the foggy bottom station. >> reporter: there is several on the agenda for several different committees talking about different issues. one is escalators and elevators. there is a lot of complaints from riders. where we are here, they...
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the big question is what exactly would iraq want u.s. troops to do? perhaps participate in counterterrorism measures or some other kind of role for them? and really iraq is wait for the political leaders to make up their mind. they have to figure out that and finish establishing the cabinet and figuring out who's in charge of the defense and interior min cities down here and once the decisions are made, it would be decided on whether or not they want u.s. troops to stay. the white house is open to entertaining that kind of request, but the iraqis have to make it first. >> ed, how long have you been over there right now? >> reporter: i'm coming up on two weeks. having been here. and yeah, about two weeks. >> how -- how do you and also contractors and troops there, how is it dealing with the violence? do you get the sense from talking with others maybe that have been there a little bit longer if this is just sort of normal everyday -- this is what occurs or what do you get the sense of over there as to the violence level right now? >> reporter: sure, i
the big question is what exactly would iraq want u.s. troops to do? perhaps participate in counterterrorism measures or some other kind of role for them? and really iraq is wait for the political leaders to make up their mind. they have to figure out that and finish establishing the cabinet and figuring out who's in charge of the defense and interior min cities down here and once the decisions are made, it would be decided on whether or not they want u.s. troops to stay. the white house is open...